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Chinese Puzzle Rings: A detailed History through the ages   . . . . . introducing the Spiral-Flex handle


     




     
Start off with whatever side has the movable first piece . . . . . viewing from the front .
This will be piece #1 . . . . . and it will come out 1 unit


     
Piece #2 comes out the left side all the way . . . . . piece #1 goes back flush in place


     
Piece #3 comes up from the top 2 units . . . . . . and slides toward the front 2 units,
along with the two pieces in front (1 & 6), as indicated by the arrows


     
Piece #3 is now removed from the puzzle (off to the right) . . . same move /\ as viewed from the top


     
Piece #6 is moved one unit towards the back to allow a space . . . as shown by the left/right arrows
Piece #4 now can now move to the right . . .


     
. . . and be removed from the puzzle   . . . . . . . . . .   Piece #5 now makes its way off the puzzle towards the back


     
slide piece #2 towards the front 1 unit, so that it lines up with the space on the right side
Move piece towards the right and center it over the remaining two pieces


     
Piece #2 can now slide off either end
Last two pieces are already disengaged from each other